A husband who submits to his wife's yoke is justly held an object of ridicule. A woman's influence ought to be entirely concealed.

  • -- Honoré de Balzac 尊敬的巴尔扎克

丈夫屈服于妻子的枷锁,理所当然地会成为人们嘲笑的对象。女人的影响应该完全隐藏起来。

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In the old days of literature, only the very thick-skinned - or the very brilliant - dared enter the arena of literary criticism. To criticise a person's work required equal measures of erudition and wit, and inferior critics were often the butt of satire and ridicule.

在文学的旧时代,只有厚脸皮的人才敢进入文学批评的舞台。批评一个人的作品需要同样的博学和智慧,而拙劣的批评家常常成为讽刺和嘲笑的对象。

I have already given two cousins to the war and I stand ready to sacrifice my wife's brother.

我已经把两个表兄妹送去打仗了,我随时准备牺牲我妻子的弟弟。

Let us now set forth one of the fundamental truths about marriage: the wife is in charge.

现在让我们来阐明婚姻的一个基本事实:妻子当家作主。

Ridicule has historically proven itself a rickety fence for great ideas.

从历史上看,嘲笑已经证明自己是伟大思想的一道摇摇欲坠的屏障。

He who undervalues himself is justly undervalued by others.

低估自己的人理所当然地被别人低估。